May 11th LIVE LINKS (US PST)

Women’s Bronze Medal Match: Volero Zurich 2-3 SESI-SP

Women’s Gold Medal Match: Osasco 0-3 Dinamo Kazan

Women’s Semifinals

Molico OSASCO 3-1 Volero ZÜRİCH (25-21, 18-25, 25-16, 25-20)
Dinamo KAZAN 3-1 SESI SP（25-23, 27-29, 25-21, 25-14）

Men

Finals

Gold: Belgorod 3-1 Al Rayyan (16-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15)
Bronze: UPCN 3-2 Sada Cruzeiro (25-17, 31-29, 23-25, 16-25, 15-13)

Semifinals

Al Rayyan 3-1 Sada Cruzeiro (21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18)
Lokomotiv Belgorod 3-1 UPCN (19-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-20)

Final Ranking

1- Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)
2- Al-Rayyan (QAT)
3- UPCN (ARG)
4- Sada Cruzeiro (BRA)
5- Trentino Volley (ITA)
5 – Matin Varamin (IRI)
7- Guaynabo Mets (PUR)
8 – Esperance Tunis (TUN)

Best Players

Best Setter: Raphael Vieira De Oliveira – Al-Rayyan (QAT)
Best Opposite: Wallace De Souza – Sada Cruzeiro (BRA)
1st Outside Spiker: Sergey Tetyukhin – Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)
2nd Outside Spiker: Matey Kaziyski – Al-Rayyan (QAT)
1st Middle Blocker: Robertlandy Simón Aties – Al-Rayyan (QAT)
2nd Middle Blocker: José Santos Junior – UPCN (ARG)
Best Libero: Alan Domingos – Al-Rayyan (QAT)
Most Valuable Player: Dmitriy Muserskiy – Belogorie Belgorod (RUS)

BELO HORIZONTE PROUD HOST OF FIVB VOLLEYBALL MEN’S CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2014 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship will be held in the inspirational Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte city in Brazil from May 5 to 10.

Hosts and current FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship title holders Sada Cruzeiro, automatically qualify for this year’s event. Sada Cruzeiro, who were silver medallists in the 2012/2013 Brazilian Super League, also finished second to Italy’s Trentino in the 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.

In this year’s tournament, the host club will be joined by the Continental Champion teams from South America, Europe, Africa and Asia in addition to the NORCECA nominated team. The participation of two teams – jointly decided by the FIVB and the organisers – will complete the line-up of clubs taking part in the Championship.

Trentino held the men’s title from 2009 to 2012 continuing the outstanding tradition of Italian volleyball which has seen Italian clubs win eight of the nine editions of the tournament.

Competing Teams:

Brazil Sada Cruzeiro
Hosts and 2014 South American Champions

Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
2014 African Champions

Iran Matin Varamin
2014 Asian Champions

Russia Belogorie Belgorod
2014 European Champions

Puerto Rico Mets de Guaynabo
2014 NORCECA Representatives

Argentina UPCN San Juan
2014 South American Runners-up

Italy Trentino Diatec
Wild Card (4-time World Champions)

Qatar Al-Rayyan
Wild Card (2014 Asian Runners-up)

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WOMEN

ZURICH SET TO HOST 2014 EDITION OF WOMEN’S CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Zurich will open its doors to the volleyball family for a second year running when it welcomes six of the world’s premier clubs for the eighth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship from May 7 to 11.

In this year’s tournament host club Volero Zurich will be joined by the Continental champions from South America, Europe and Asia. The participation of two teams – jointly decided by the FIVB and the organisers – will complete the line-up of clubs taking part in the Championship.

Last year’s tournament saw VakifBank Istanbul graduate from European to world champions. In front of a packed Saalsporthalle in Zurich, the Turkey representatives beat their South American counterparts Unilever Volei from Brazil in straight sets 3-0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-16) to capture their first ever FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship title.

Unlike the Men’s Club World Championship, the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship has had seven different winners from four different countries. Brazil has been represented on the winner’s podium three times, while Azerbaijan, Italy and Turkey have all had clubs step on the top podium once.

Competing Teams:

Switzerland Voléro Zürich
Hosts

Brazil SESI-SP
2014 South American Champions

Russia Dinamo Kazan
2014 European Champions

Japan Hisamitsu Springs
2014 Asian Champions

Brazil Molico Osasco
Wildcard (2014 South American Runners-up)

Algeria GS Pétroliers
Wildcard (2014 African Champions)

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